Improvement in prttning-shbars



D. B. sEELEY, o F Polar-LAND, ILLINOIS Letters Patent No. 87,436, elated` March 2, 1869.

IMPRovEn/IENT IN PRUNING-SHEARS. M60- The Schedule referred-to in these' Letters Patent and making part of the sanne To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, D. B. SEELEY, of Portland, in the county ot'VVhitesides, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Pruning- Shears; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw` ings, forming part of' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a'side view'of my invention. Figure 2 is an edge view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like-parts. 4This invention relates to a new and improved implement for pruning plants, bushes, trees, 86o., and it consists in the peculiar construction of the same.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- A represents a hook-shaped blade, which is permanently attached to or formed on4 the end of one of the handles, B, ofthe implement. A

-C represents a sliding blade, the cutting-edge, a, of which is made at its outer end, said edge being made somewhat oblique, as shown clearly in iig. 1, in order to obtain a drawing cut.

This sliding blade is secured to ,the fixed blade by means of a-sorew, 1)whicl1 passes through a curved slot, c, in O, and into the fixed blade. l

To the inner end of the slidingl blade C, the other handle, D, of the implement is connected, by a screw, or rivet, (I. This handle Dis-curved at its outer part,

and it is attached to the xed blade A by a screw, or rivet, e, which passes through the curved end of handle D, at the point shown clearly in fig. l.

The sliding blade C is operated fromthe handle D, and as the latter works from a centre or pivot e, the blade G (ces not work directly forward and backward,

but has'a curved movement, hence the necessity for the curved slot o. The cutting-edge of the blade O works past the cutting-edge of the fixed blade A.

The invention is extremely simple lin construction, and maybe manufactured at areasonable cost.

I am aware of the patents granted to S. O. and P. W. T. Vaughn, December 12, 1865, G. F. Walters, November 22, 1864, and L.` M. Harris, March 14, 1865, but my invention, I claim, is an improvement upon these, in its much greater simplicity, economy, and eliciency.

Having thus described'my invention,

I olairn as new, and desire to secure by Letters.

Patentl The pruning-knife, construct-'ed as described, of the hook-shaped blade A, on the handle B, provided at its centrewith the pin b, the short blade C, hung by its curved slot c upon said. pin, and the curved handle D, vpivoted at c to the hook A, and at its end;4 d, to the inner end of the blade O, all arranged and operating as described, for the purpose specified.

The above'specication of my inventionvsigned by me, this 15th day of July, 1868.

D. B. SEELEY.

Witnesses GEO. H. FAY, F. D. RAMsAY. 

